Car-dumper.



F. W. LOV'ELL,

CAR BUMPER.

'v ,QAPPLICATION FILED H0125, 1912.

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evenly balanced in the cables than is usually the case in practical constructions of car -dumpers This in itself reduces largely the paal; load met at the beginning o'l' the tilting movement of the cradle and does away with any necessity for stopping or even slowing down the movement of the cradle just before the cradle encounters the pivotal members about which it is tilted, as has been frequently necessary heretofore. Furthermore, the above described arrangement provides a double reeving of cables between the top ot the tower and the rear side of the cioiidle, and this reduces the load on the individual cables and permits the use of a smaller number ot" cables than is generally required. Still :'r'urther, the cables connected to the liront part of the cradle assist in tilting the cradle and car because such front cables have operative connections with the front part of the cradle below andl rearwardly or in 'ardly of the notched parts of the cradle which engage the members about which the cradle is tilted. A further advantage oit this particular ree y'ing lies in the fact that the cables entend fromthe drum or drums to the slieaves connected to the forward side of the cradle before passine` about the sheaves connected to the rear side of the cradle. Consequently, by reason of the fact that part of the load which is transmitted by the cables beyond the sheaves connected to the front side of the cradle, is utilized in overcoming the friction of the sheaves connected to the rear part of the cradle, there a slightly greater elevating pull at the front side oil the cradle than at the rear side. This lessons the liability of premature. tilting of the car and cradle.

The cradle and car are countcrweighted by counterweights each connected by a double cable which passes upwardly 'to the top of the tower about a sheave 3l, thence forwardly aboutl a sicavc 3Q, and

thence downwardly to te front end of the cradle. lt is iunnaterial whether or not the cables Pl are connected directly' to the cradle, and in this case each cf ble is looped about a pivotal stud supporting' one of the sheaves 20, which as previously stated, is supported at the upper end oi? one of the ams 2l which in turn are connected to the 'front ends of the cradle. 'With this arrangement, not only is the cradle and car counterbalanced, but the counterweights assist in 'tilting the car and cradle by reason ot the leveragebetween the pivotal of the cradle and the points of attachment of the :Tl with the cradle. By reference to it will i be seen that the arms Q1, e provided at the ends the cradle e beyond ends of the car, may

"ire tc the cradle the latter is without in any wa" interfering with .Lieven-lent et the cracie and without beameno? ing deflected by the body of the car as it is tilted. Furthermore, by referring to this same figure, it will be seen how the sheave 2G which is pivotally supported at the lower front endv or" the cradle swings relative to the cradle as the latter is tilted.

I retain the car on the cradle while the latter is tilted from normal upright position by two series of clamps including front clamps which are adapted to engage the forward sido of the car and rear clamps 3G, together with counterweighted cables 37, see particiiilarly F 2, which at the lower ends are connected to the platform 12, or to the liront of the cradle, and pass upwardly about sheaves 3S at the lower front side of the cradle, to the upper portion of the tower, thence about sheaves 39, thence rearwardlyr about sheaves 40, and thence downwardly to countcrweights lll which are smaller than the main counterweights 29. The clamps and 3G are slidably supported in the front and rear sides ot the cradle so that when the car and cradle are in their lowcrmost positions, the clamping' portions of the clamps are elevated above the car, and when the car and cradle are elevated` the clamps drop down so as to enga-ge the top edges of the sides of the car. The 'front and rear clamps are arranged in pairs in line with each of the counter-weighted cables 37, so that as the car tilts, the sets of front and rear clamps are engaged bythe cables 37 and are thereby held in engagement with the sides ot the car. Theclamps are sufficiently sti il that no inward or side pressure is transmitted onto the sides of the car, but the pressure is transmitted to the car body in substantially the planes of the sides thereof,

so that there will be very little or no tendcncy for these clamps to crush or bend inwardly the sides ot' the car, as has been the case with all prior constructions, of which I am aware.

By referring particularly to Fig. 3, the arrangement olE various counterweighted cables and counter-weights and their functions will be readily understood. It will be seen that l have provided two sets of counterweights, one set including a` series of (.:ounterweights All, which are attached to cables arranged and connected directly or indirectly to the forward portion of the cradle, between the ends of the latter and at regularly spaced intervals, these counterweights and cables being provided chiefly for the purpose of holding the caronto the cradle when the cradle and carare tilted; and the second sot including the two main vorinter-weights 2) which are attached to cables coiu'iceted to the ends of the cradle. these countorweights serving to counterbalance the right cli as they are elevated. Fig. 3

lly considering this in connection with Fig. 2, it will be the car and cradle` pivotally connected to the lowerfront part ot' the cradle, said cable extending upwardly lroin the drum about a pair of sheaves at the upper portion of the tower, the-noe the cradle, thence about the second sheave at the lower rear part of the?. cradle, and

thence upwardly to an elevated point inthe tower where the cable is dead-ended.

8. In a car dumper, a tower, a cradle adapted to receive a car and adapted withv the car to be elevated, and then tilted by causing the upper portion of the cradle to engage and turn about a'epiv'otal member carried by the tower, a winding drum,

sheaves at the upper part of the tower, and sheaves connected with the front and rear parts of the cradle, a hoisting and tilting cable connectedl to the drum and reeved about the sheaves carried by the towerl and the sheaves connected to the cradle, the sheave connected to the front part of the cradle having a connection with the cradle below and rearwardly of the point which engages and turns about the said pivotal member whereby that part ofthe cable connected to the front part of the cradle assist in both elevating and tilting the cradle.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto atlix my signature in the presence of' two wit` nesses.

FREDERICK w. LovELL.

Wtnesseszf f N. C. HUBBARD, A. F. Kwis. 

